This is just something I was messing around with last weekend; I don't totally hate it yet, so I guess that's a good sign.
10/23/2010
06/13/2010
Holding Pattern
So I think I'm happy with this? Can't quite tell yet; I've had this loop running in my head for most of the last 48 hours and I've probably lost the ability to be objective. In any event, it's a big improvement over the super-rough version I posted last night.
I will probably need to fix the mix, now that I'm hearing it loud - if there's one bummer about my new Brooklyn digs, it's that my speakers have been acting funny and I can't really tell if it sounds right yet. Maybe the vocals are too hot? Maybe the vocals need to be redone? I did about 20 takes and I started to go crazy by the end.
I should probably mention that this is my maiden voyage with Record. I've screwed around with it for the last month or so, but never to this degree. I may end up moving the whole thing over to Pro Tools just to see if there's any additional tweaking I can do over there that I can't do here.
Wow. I've really talked this up, haven't I! Well then, now that I've totally lowered your expectations, and without further ado, the first thing I've recorded in Brooklyn:
05/15/2010
01/25/2010
untrue
so this is just a new sketch of something; it may not end up being anything at all.
11/14/2009
some new outtakes
There's some very good reasons why I haven't posted anything here lately, but whatever; I'm finally posting now. I've been working like crazy on an upcoming project, and now that we've almost reached our deadline we have a much better idea of what stuff we're using. 2 of these are ideas that we're not using; 1 is just a cool little thing I was messing around with earlier this year and never got around to fixing.
"092809": This never quite got off the ground; couldn't find a melody for it and I was never sure that this was appropriate for what it was meant for. Still, I kinda like it; maybe I'll find a way to fix it.
"100409_rough": This needs some work; the drum loop is totally wrong, but it was the
only thing I could find in 6/8. I do like the middle section; my Nord
can do some pretty cool things.
"050909_test": Just messing around with Reason. This was meant to be something a bit more atmospheric, but it ended up going in a different direction.
05/22/2009
02/09/2009
020209
So this is just something I was fooling around with tonight; it's pretty much just me experimenting with Reason 4 and some of its new synths. I think it's clipping a little bit; I probably should've taken a little more time to make sure the levels were ok.
09/12/2008
Zero is Good
Can't believe I haven't already posted this; this is the commercial I was working on earlier this year.
08/03/2008
2 new (old) ones
Kinda went bananas this weekend, and I've got 2 new recordings to show for it. More than that, I learned how to do about a million things with ProTools that I'd been needing to learn, and now I feel like a goddamned ninja.
The last time I played "Elizabeth" was probably at the show I played with some friends which took place during the 2000 Subway Series - which happened to be the one game the Yankees lost. This version is not at ALL what it used to sound like; not that it ever had any particular sound - it was never officially recorded.
I'd been meaning to re-record "I'm Connected"; I originally recorded it in 2006 on my old digital 16-track, and while it has its charms it desperately needed a fresh coat of fidelity.
07/28/2008
That Ever There Was
So, yeah; obviously I haven't updated here in a while. Lots of reasons/excuses, but no matter - I'm back, baby. We re-did the studio over the weekend and now it's a pleasure to be in here, even if it gets murderously hot.
This is something that has kept finding its way into my fingers over the last few months or so, and I figured I might as well give it a demo. I wasn't planning on recording it with 4 guitars, but that's the beauty of home recording; you don't pay by the hour. I also wasn't planning on showing it off in this early a state, but I'm working on a bunch of other stuff as well (including a possibly ill-advised cover of "Strangers" by The Kinks), and I figured this was as close to what the final idea will be as anything else I've got at the moment.
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